The Best of Flip Wilson - Season 4
1 - Buddy Hackett, Ruth Buzzi, Richard Pryor
Air Date: September 20, 1973
Flip & Pryor are in tenement politics; it’s parent’s night at school; Pryor does stand-up and the whole cast winds up in the hospital.
2 - Monty Hall, Sandy Duncan, William Windom, The Pointer Sisters
Air Date: September 27, 1973
Cast does prop skits; Windom does a dramatic scene and Sandy, the Pointers & Geraldine join Monty on Let's Make A Deal.
3 - Richard Pryor, Ralph Edwards, Bobby Sandler
Air Date: October 4, 1973
Richard Pryor does stand-up and joins Flip for sketches including This Is Your Life Geraldine Jones hosted by Ralph Edwards.
4 - Joan Rivers, Redd Foxx, Helen Reddy
Air Date: October 11, 1973
Guests trade off doing bench skits with Flip; Redd provides inspiration for an artist (Flip) and Joan Rivers does brilliant stand-up.
5 - Burns & Schreiber, Harry Belafonte
Air Date: October 18, 1973
Guests do interpretive skits with a glass; Burns & Schreiber do human computer bit and Belafonte shills for a huckster (Flip).
6 - Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Slappy White
Air Date: November 1, 1973
Flip jokes about karate; Slappy White does stand-up and a soft shoe dance joining the whole cast for a burlesque segment.
7 - Henry “Hank” Aaron, Lee Grant, Gladys Knight, Andrew Johnson
Air Date: November 15, 1973
Lee shoots a commercial; baseball great Aaron does Q&A then is the subject of a testimonial dinner sketch with full cast.
8 - Tim Conway, Richard Pryor
Air Date: November 29, 1973
Flip, Conway & Pryor do interpretive prop sketches with a chair; Flip counsels lazy friend Calvin (Pryor).
9 - Ed McMahon, Charlie Callas, Leonard Nimoy
Air Date: December 6, 1973
Callas does physical comedy routine; McMahon is a huckster and Flip & Nimoy are in the environmentaist Mafia.
10 - Tim Conway, Stiller & Meara
Air Date: December 13, 1973
Tim Conway's a burger clown and a baseball team coordinator; Stiller & Meara do a dentist skit and a police line-up.
11 - Burns & Schreiber, The Fifth Dimension
Air Date: December 20, 1973
Rev. Leroy visits a monastery; Burns & Schreiber improvise machines and Fifth Dimension members do a dating sketch with Flip.
12 - Jack Klugman, Roscoe Lee Browne, Franklyn Ajaye, Anthony Newley
Air Date: December 27, 1973
Browne & Newley are British secret agents; Franklyn Ajaye does stand-up and Klugman's a football referee in slow motion.
13 - Ted Knight, The Pointer Sisters, Chuck Norris, Phillip Paley
Air Date: January 3, 1974
Ted Knight's a news anchor; Flip gets flipped by Phillip Paley (9-year old karate kid) with Chuck Norris; the Pointers join Rev. Leroy.
15 - Steve Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Ketty Lester
Air Date: February 7, 1974
Freddie Johnson helps a couple (Richard & Ketty) reconcile and customs agent Geraldine gives Lawrence a hard time.
17 - McLean Stevenson, Redd Foxx, Don Adams
Air Date: February 28, 1974
Flip & Don gamble in Las Vegas; Redd Foxx does stand-up and Q&A; three guys celebrate their wives going out of town.
18 - Tony Randall, Bob & Ray
Air Date: March 7, 1974
Flip applies for a parade permit and goes duck hunting with Tony; Bob & Ray do comic interview routines incl. the slow talker.
19 - Pilot - Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Arte Johnson, Bob Hope
Air Date: September 22, 1969
Andy & Flip play expectant fathers; Geraldine & Maude Frickert (Winters) are fellow travelers; Flip & Arte do a movie spoof.